April 2011 Newsletter
Can you believe that recital is next month? It seems like it was literally last week when we were welcoming you all back from our summer hiatus and here it is….RECITAL! We are very excited for recital…somehow our students manage to out due themselves every year and this year, won’t be any different. I think there will be a lot of proud parents, family and friends in the audience….they will surprise and amaze you, I promise! On with the news…..
Very Important dates!
April 5 & 6, 2011; PARENT WATCH!
April 18-24, 2011: School Vacation, no dance.
May 3 & 4, 2011: Studio Awards Day
May 9, 2011: Finale Rehearsal at C-Pac 4-6pm. Mandatory, no exceptions
May 11, 2011: Full Dress Rehearsal at C-Pac, 4-8pm. Mandatory, no exceptions
May 13, 14 & 15, 2011: Three dance recitals; 7pm on Friday and Saturday, 2pm on Sunday… “The Wizard of Oz”.
June 21-August 11, 2011: Summer Gymnastic Camp.
July 25-29, 2011(?): Summer Dance camp
August 17, 2011: Audition/Registration Day
September 13, 2011: Fall Classes begin
Parent Watch:
April 5 & 6 is our last “Parent Watch” of this semester. This will be the last time you will be able to watch your children dance for you before the recital. We will also be going over this very extensive newsletter so that everyone knows the ins and outs of recital week. Our “Parent Watch” in May is Awards Day so we will not be dancing that day for you. Please remember to bring your cameras (and Grammies and Grampies too) to Awards Day…the children love having you all there!!
RECITAL DECORATIONS:
As always, we are asking you to make a recital decoration with your child’s picture on it to decorate C-Pac. This year we ask that you make a rainbow and you may print the template by pressing HERE. Please print them yourselves as it will just require too much time for the secretaries to print them all for you. Please do not make them any bigger than this template and please do not make them to heavy as they do not stick to the walls of C-Pac. These rainbows are due the week of May 3 & 4 in all classes (Awards week) and you may hand them in to your DM’s of each class. DO NOT FORGET!!!
Summer Gymnastics:
Miss Danielle will offer a summer gymnastics camp starting June 21st, 2011 and finishing on August 11, 2011. (There will be no gymnastics classes the week of summer dance camp) Classes will meet twice a week for 7 weeks. Cost for summer gymnastics is $70.00 for the 7 week session. Please press HERE to download the registration form. Please fill out the registration form and send to The Maine Dance Academy, c/o Colleen DuPlissie, 82 Solar Drive, Caribou, ME 04736. Your non-refundable gymnastic camp fee must be included with your registration form. We will only be accepting 16 children in each age group so do not wait, sign up immediately!
Summer Dance Camp:
Well….this is the news I can share with you that I know for sure:
1) Jordyn Rossignol is back and she will be teaching Street Hip-Hop. Jordyn is a favorite of our little ones…so get ready to get your “Thug” on because Jordyn will have you strutting like Hip-hop Kings/Queens!
2) Mallory Ballant-Krothapalli is back and she will be teaching Modern and Contemporary. Mallory is currently teaching dance full time at the Birmingham Dance Theatre in Alabama and she is getting married on April 9, 2011! Drop Mallory and email at to wish her the best of luck, she will love hearing from all of you!
3) Tammy Golla is the owner of The Main Street Dancers and will be teaching Hip-hop, lyrical and modern. Tammy is an award winning choreographer and dance teacher. Ashley was a member of her dance company all through high school so now we can see just where Ash received her excellent dance training.
4) Ashley Hebert, our very own Bachelorette will BE HERE and she will be teaching Hip Hop and contemporary.
5) Dance camp will take place in July for sure….and we are now scheduling it for the week of July 25, 2011. To register for this amazing dance camp, press HERE to download the registration form. Please fill out the registration form and send to The Maine Dance Academy, c/o Colleen DuPlissie, 82 Solar Drive, Caribou, ME 04736. Your non-refundable camp fee must be included with your registration form.
6) Ashley is currently filming The Bachelorette in Thailand and she will be finished shooting the reality TV show on our recital weekend. (The Bachelorette will begin airing on TV on the 23rd of May) Ashley will then finish her last Dental clinical so as to complete her education and become a full fledged DENTIST! Our very own Dancing Dentist! I think this is wonderful of Ashley to come back and teach our students ….this shows that not even her “Celebrity” will change our dear Ashley. This is a wonderful opportunity for our students to have her here and I hope that all of you take advantage of this amazing experience. The news of Ashley teaching our school has already sparked media attention…it is all over the internet! I will take my TMDA students first for this summer camp but you must pre-register by May 1st to hold your spot. You may register by clicking HERE to download the registration form and send in your Camp deposit. I will have two prices for dance camp…one for TMDA students and one for non-TMDA students. (The one on the flyer is the full price; this will be reduced for all TMDA members by the fund raisers) The only way I can offer two prices is if we FUND RAISE. The fund raiser sheets are on the walls of the waiting rooms so please, if you want these reduced rates…we must fundraise to bring all of these spectacular dance teachers here! Please, if you can…sign up to help so we can allow as many of our students to register for dance camp. This is going to be a great dance experience for everyone involved. I am only allowing non-TMDA members to register through April but after that I will begin accepting registrations for anyone. Do not lose your chance to be part of this dance camp!!
TMDA Year Book:
Destiny Bates has agreed to take this task on. We will be meeting on Monday, April 4th to brain storm on how we will be handling this. I will send on an email out this week to let you all know cost and how to purchase an ad for your child. Thanks for your patience!
Extra Pracitces:
-WE NEED TINY TROUPE TO COME IN 15 MINUTES EARLY (5:45) AND PETITE TO STAY 15 MINUTES LATER (6:15) FROM NOW ON, STARTING April 5TH, 2011.
-MINITROUPE’S CLASS WILL BE FROM 6:15-7:45 SO WE CAN DO CLUB & CELTIC FROM 7:30-7:45. THIS WILL START APRIL 5TH, 2011.
-ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE THAT TROUPE AND COMPANY ARE ON TIME AT 7:30 FOR CELTIC, STARTING APRIL 5TH, 2011.
-BENOIT LEVESQUE WILL STAY 15 MINUTES LATER SO HE CAN DO HIS SPEAKING PART IN PETITE'S SUNDAY MORNING FEVER.
-FULL DRESS REHEARSAL STARTING THIS WEEK FOR MY SENIORS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS AT 8:30 PM.
-ALL SENIORS NEED TO BE AT ALL THEIR CLASSES ON TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12 & 13, 2011.
-TWITCH WILL DANCE MONDAY, ARRIL 4, 2011 AT 5:15PM BECAUSE OF YOUR JUNIOR-EX ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2011. TWITCH WILL NOT HAVE CLASS ON APRIL 6, 2011. SONJA WILL HAVE CLASS AS USUAL.
-PAVLOVA WILL CONTINUE TO STAY AN EXTRA 15 MINUTES TO PRACTIC WITH LOPOKOVA FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR.
Order of Recital:
Below you will find the exact order of recital and how much time you have between songs to get ready for your next performance. Please print this and keep it with your costumes so that you do not miss your stage entrances!
DANCES FROM AROUND THE WORLD: (15:23)
JAI HO COMPANY 0-2:05
CLUB CAN'T HANDLE ME MINI TROUPE 2:06-3:55
WAKA WAKA TINY TROUPE 3:55-5:57
HALLELUJAH COMPANY 5:57-7:43
BE ITALIAN TROUPE 7:43-9:52
MAD RUSSIAN PETITE 9:52-11:39
RIVERDANCE BARYSHNIKOV 11:45
TAPPERS 13:24
COMPANY 13:40
MINI TROUPE & TROUPE 14:31
SISTER ACT: (35:15)
Fabulous 20- 1:50 SONJA
1:50 - 4:00 TWITCH
FIGHT 4:00 - 5:25
HERE WITHIN THESE WALLS 5:23-7:22 NUREYEV
HOW I GOT THE CALLING 7:24:12:24 BARYSHNIKOV & NUREYEV
BELLS 12:24-13:11
RAISE YOUR VOICE 13:11-14:50 TABITHA
14:50-16:45 TRAVIS
16:45-18:56 COMPANY
TAKE ME TO HEAVEN 18:58- 20:05 BARYSH/NUR singing
19:21- 21:35 TEMPLE
21:35 - 23:17 NIGEL
DO THE SACRED MASS 23:18-25:20 TROUPE
SUNDAY MORNING FEVER 25:20- 26:25 PETITE
26:25- 28:48 TINY
BLESS OUR SHOW 28:50-31:03 NAPOLEON
SISTER ACT 31:05-33:10 MINI
SPREAD THE LOVE AROUND 33:14 - 35:15
EXIT BACK TO CAFETERIA 35:15
WIZARD OF OZ (47:12)
WIZ OPENING NUMBER (curtain closed) 0-39
GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN TABITHA 1:21-3:07 TORNADO Dorothy and Toto 3:07-3:29
MUNCHKINLAND PAVLOVA 3:29-8:07
BOOTYLICIOUS LOPOKOVA 8:07-9:46
OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD PAVLOVA & LOPOKOVA 9:47-10:33
LEAN ON ME TWITCH 10:33-12:44
BILLIONAIRE COMPANY 12:44-14:41
EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD TINY TROUPE 14:41-16:33
DON'T GO BREAKIN MY HEART TEMPLE 16:33-18:08
STAYIN' ALIVE TRAVIS 18:08-19:50
CAN'T BE TAMED COMPANY 19:50-21:40
I'M GONNA BE TRAVIS 21:40-23:25
YOU'RE OUTTA THE WOODS 4 main characters 23:25-24:33
MERRY OLD LAND OF OZ NIGEL 24:33-26:15
SHOW ME YOUR TEETH TROUPE 26:15-28:04
4 MINUTES SONYA 28:04-29:48
FORGET YOU MINI TROUPE 29:48-31:54
DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD MINI TROUPE 31:54-32:19
BRAIN/TINMAN/LION SLEEPS NAPOLEON 32:19-34:23
COMING HOME PETITE TROUPE 34:23-36:14
GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD SONYA 36:14-37:48
STAY 4 main characters & PAVLOVA 37:48-38:38
THANK YOU TWITCH 38:38-40:26
PROUD MARY 40:26 (hula - 43:39) (born this way - 45:28)
As you can see, we have gone through great lengths for you to know exactly when you need to be ready in between acts so please, keep an eye on time. Those of you needing to put on make-up for the Wizard of Oz, you will have plenty of time to do so during intermission. My Pavlova’s that need to change for your Brain.Tinman, Lion you have over 26 minutes to get ready so that will give you ample time to get your make up on correctly.
Everyone will wear their final costume that they are wearing in the Wizard of Oz for the “Proud Mary” finale.
Everyone will wear their habits for the “Spread the Love Around “Finale of Sister Act.
Congatulations:
Our TMDA dancers continue to do extremely well in the County pageants. I hope I do not forget anyone and that I get these titles correct but here goes:
Little Miss Caribou: McKenna Smith of Nigel
Miss Pre–teen Caribou: Kyra Thibeault of Tiny Troupe
Miss Mapleton: Kelsey Buck of Troupe
Junior Miss Mapleton: Emma Langille of Mini Troupe
Miss Teen Mapleton: Hannah Stoutamyer of Troupe
Little Miss Woodland: Brooke Moir of Nigel
Junior Miss Caribou: Kelsie Washington of Mini Troupe
If I have forgotten anyone…please just email so that we can mention your accomplishment in next month’s newsletter! Congrats Ladies!
Side Note:
We will no longer be sending out the newsletters with our weekly emails to you. Because we do this, we find that no one visits Colleen’s Corner for updates and there are important updates that you should be reading. From now until recital, please check Colleen’s Corner for updates…things change a lot from here until recital week so please keep an eye on the website. I will have updates on dance camp and gymnastics camp as well on my corner. Thanks!
That is all for now! Just 2 weeks until April break and then just 2 weeks after that until recital week. It is a whole lot of work but a whole lot of fun so let’s all stay positive and keep the good times rolling’ down the river!
Miss Colleen and the TMDA gang!